High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport is issued to permanent residents of Hong Kong who are citizens of the People`s Republic of China. In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, since the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997, the passport has been issued by the Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong under the authorisation of the Central People`s Government of the People`s Republic of China. As the official languages of Hong Kong are Chinese and English, the passport is printed bilingually in both Chinese (traditional characters) and English.